Guide VERON des Champagnes 2019
(around
38 euros per bottle)
Sober and refined presentation for this champagne from
the new range « Composition parcellaire ».
Aspect:
Gold, brilliant.
Particularly fine bubbles.
Fine bead of foam.
Nose:
Generous fragrances, sources of intense
pleasure.
Aromas of red and black fruits underlined by
delicate spices, touching signatures of the Pinot Noir, exclusive varietal of
the cuvée.
The maturity is slowly revealed with scents
of cocoa and roasted coffee, result of 3 years of ageing on laths in the deep
cellars of the house.
Palate:
Remarkable presence at the opening,
life-giving thanks to the rigorous selection of the first juices during the
pressing of the grapes (cuvée),
highlighted by a chalky minerality.
Sensual roundness reinforced by the dosage,
with 8 g/L of sugar added at disgorgement.
Joyful balance at the end, coupled with
delicate woody notes obtained by the vinification of 15.1% of the base wines in
oak barrels.
Fabulous length on the palate.
For this visionary cuvée Blanc de Pinot Noir Grand Cru,
Sébastien Moncuit, cellar master of the Champagne house Mailly Grand Cru, was
able to accompany with sensitivity the Pinot Noir harvested nice ripe in 4
localities among the 35 which form the wine estate (« Les Côtes », « Les
Poules », « Sous la Ville Regards » and « Les
Baraquines »), facing north in the Grand Cru of Mailly-Champagne.
Ideal as an aperitif or during a
meal, with a duck breast fillet roasted with blackcurrant cream, for example.
Born in 1929 from the boldness of few wine
growers to deal with the difficulties, the Champagne house Mailly Grand Cru now
gathers 80 wine growers to cultivate a 75 hectares vineyard exclusively
established in the chalk of the Grand Cru of Mailly-Champagne mainly facing
north. The 480 plots of the wine estate, of which the majority are certified
Haute Valeur Environnementale, are vinified separately, in vats or in barrels,
to produce each year the 500,000 bottles of highly expressive champagnes which
form the ranges of the Champagne house Mailly Grand Cru.
Champagne Mailly
Grand Cru
28 rue de la Libération
51 500 Mailly-Champagne
Tel.: +33 (0)3 26 49 41 10
Email: contact@champagne-mailly.com
